Brief Life History of William Mattison
When William Mattison Conley was born in November 1837, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, J. Thomas Conley Jr., was 22 and his mother, Mahala Davis, was 21. He married Elizabeth Colvin on 21 June 1857, in Johnson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Barnetts Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died in 1910, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Floyd, Kentucky, United States.
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- William M Conley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Wm M Conley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Madison Conley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Irish (Down, Antrim, and Louth): shortened form of Connolly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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